News Stories
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March 9, 2023
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Design education is ready for a revolution
Fast Company features Mitch Goldstein, associate professor in the School of Design.
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March 9, 2023
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RIT hosts largest career fair since the pandemic
WHEC-TV talks to Maria Richart, director of Career Services and Cooperative Education, about the Spring Career Fair.
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March 9, 2023
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RIT hosts Spring Career Fair
WHAM-TV talks to Maria Richart, director of Career Services and Cooperative Education, about the Spring Career Fair.
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March 9, 2023
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Andy Warhol exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia uses photographs to show the artist through a new lens
ABC News (Australian Broadcast Corporation) cites an essay by Catherine Zuromskis, associate professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about the artist Andy Warhol.
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March 9, 2023
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How Do You Sign ‘Pi’? New Sign-Language Terms Could Boost Scientific Literacy
Education Week interviews Alicia Wooten '11 (biomedical sciences) and Christopher Kurz, professor in NTID's MS in secondary education program, about sign language and scientific concepts.
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March 9, 2023
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RIT/NTID to host 'Big Read'
Fox Rochester interviews Jill Bradbury, department chair of NTID's Department for Performing Arts, about National Deaf History Month and the Big Read community project.
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March 9, 2023
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New images from James Webb telescope released, part of RIT co-led research project
WROC-TV features the first images from the largest program in the James Webb Space Telescope, COSMOS-Web, co-led by principal investigator Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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March 9, 2023
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First images released from James Webb Space Telescope’s largest general observer program
The first images from the largest program in the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year show many types of galaxies. Scientists from the COSMOS-Web program released mosaic images taken in early January by the telescope. COSMOS-Web, co-led by principal investigator Jeyhan Kartaltepe, aims to map the earliest structures of the universe.
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March 9, 2023
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NASA image may show first-ever 'rogue' supermassive black hole, leaving a trail of newborn stars in its wake
Business Insider talks to Manuela Campanelli, professor and director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, about a new study on black holes.
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March 8, 2023
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Launching Biomedical Careers for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences blog features the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) project at RIT.
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March 8, 2023
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Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has extended through nearly all facets of society and everyday life since March 2020. In the summer of 2022, Anthony Jimenez, assistant professor in RIT’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology and trained medical sociologist, began to explore the specific impacts faced by regional healthcare practitioners.
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March 8, 2023
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RIT scientists developing machine-learning techniques to analyze body-worn camera footage
Professor Ernest Fokoue from RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences is teaming up with the Rochester Police Department (RPD) to use statistical machine learning to analyze body-worn camera footage and help improve police training.
